It is unconscionable that this process, with all of its detours, excuses, information obfuscation and screw-ups has continued this long.

Despite all that, our thanks should go to the Record's Scott Smith for his perseverance in obtaining information from Shermantine.

Many, however, have called on Moore to conclude this case with alacrity and accuracy, but Moore appears like a deer in the headlights.

State Sen. Cathleen Galgiani deserves recognition, support and public gratitude rather than a knuckle whack from the Record's Mike Klocke, calling for her and Moore to work together rather than pursue competing news conferences. "Moore is a good man," Klocke wrote Oct. 19.

This is not about whether some one is a good man or good woman. It's about competency. In terms of quality, Moore appears to be sadly deficient.

When it comes to the retrieval of victim's remains, dinosaurs get more consideration and respect than the poor Herzog and Shermantine victims received from the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

The time has arrived for Sheriff Moore to focus on other vistas so that the real law enforcement agencies of the FBI, CDCR, Calaveras County and other competent entities can take over.

Jim KingStockton

We were most fortunate to be able to visit The Port of Stockton recently. It was an eye-opening opportunity to learn of the complexity of this operation.

Their storage facilities were bulging with products that are imported from and exported to countries around the globe. Their two new humongous cranes, the likes of which I could never imagine, were recently imported from Germany.

A host of U.S. and international companies spend millions of dollars to warehouse their inventories at the port for shipping worldwide.

What a bonanza for Stockton. The port is a brilliant star that outshines all of the negativity that we too often read and hear about our town.

Three cheers for our port and those who manage it.

David and Trilby McCullochStockton

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